This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 42 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1933
Page
5
Several small memorial notices list loved ones passing in early 20th century times. Each entry names the deceased and closes with family expressions of affection from daughters grandchildren and spouses. Dates appear in uneven OCR form, including January and December references.
A fragmented call urges the government to focus on private enterprise to create permanent employment. It asks for reduced taxation and less interference, aiming to unite diverse interests and promote reasonable, peaceful news and cooperation among Australians.
A dual storm swept the state on Tuesday with Eyelon se conditions and strong winds. Horsham endured a harsh afternoon though no damage was reported as temperatures spiked to 04 degrees before cooler air and light rain. By Wednesday显示, the day was milder with 75 degrees and early showers at 72 degrees. The forecast warned of cloudy spells and moderate cooling with scattered coastal showers and west to south winds.
John Lynch died at the Base Hospital after severe throat injuries he inflicted with a pen knife in Horsham. His wife Mrs Lynch remains in critical condition with a fractured skull from the incident. Four children are in Nazareth House Ballarat. Coroner Norris ordered burial in Horsham Cemetery. an inquest will be held later.
Growers face drying apricots as an unusually heavy crop ripens swiftly. Later peaches and plums show promise. cooking apples arrive with strong export prospects. C H Jost of Fruitgrowers' Company forecasts a record fruit season amid busy shipments and proposed midweek train service to improve transport.
Henry Nattrass of Kalkee severely injured his left foot when it was caught in a harvester wheel while working 24 miles from home. Mrs. Nattrass found him, helped as horses were unharnessed, and he was transported to Wembley private hospital after examination by Dr. Forsyth. A small bone was removed and recovery is expected to take substantial time.
Mr J 5 Joyce of Green Park slips from his gig on Monday and breaks a small bone at the back of his right hand. Dr H W Chariton confirms the fracture though Joyce, a district Presbyterian missionary, will resume duties Sunday.
Messrs Thomas Young and Co announce a special sale of 000 lambs at Westernndaugsdammery 38 at 1 30 pm today. The notice states a single afternoon sale with potential bidders and livestock vendors in attendance.
The Adelaide Steamship line carried English and Australian cricketers to Horsham where crowds gathered hoping for a glimpse, only to be disappointed as the players slept. A Horsham boy, Jack Norman, won a free Sydney trip after entering a ship model contest run by The Argus and The Australasian, postponing until January due to exams.
Railways Commissioners ran two Adelaide express divisions on Wednesday at 4.30 and 5.10 p m and two specials at 7.30 and 7.35 p m due to heavy bookings for the Adelaide Test match. One express carried first class, the other second class passengers. they crossed the up Adelaide Melbourne express at Horsham at 2.30 am. About 600 left on the two divisions and 800 on the specials, with weekly bookings to exceed 2200. Fares on specials were cut to 3 10s for first and 2 10s for second from Melbourne to Adelaide.
Wirth Bros will stage a one day show at Horsham Railway Yard on Wednesday January 1 with new acts led by Aloys Peters in a 75 foot aerial routine and a hangman’s noose finale. The Seven Nelson Troupe and Russian Cossacks headline a varied program including The Flying Angels and Mr Philip Wirth with Miss Dorin Wirth. Box plan at Rennison's. animals fed 4 to 5 pm. Lizzo the Becond hippo to be exhibited.
The Horsham Base Hospital secretary thanks numerous individuals and groups for donations. Names include Horsham Borough Band, Horsham State School staff, Wattle Lodge Pimpinio, Murra Warra School, Girl Guides, Orange Lodge, Horticultural Society, and many private contributors. Patients and staff enjoyed Christmas and New Year thanks to these gifts.
At the Horsham Police Court licences were renewed including real estate held by James Sawyer Thos H Devlin J A Miller business agents Jas Sawyer T J Devlin W O Gillespie farm produce agents T H Devlin J A Miller B C Newton carriers Newton Miller A Muller John Pearson second hand dealers Tom Young W H Cox FP BR Tucker collectors John Pearson.
At Natimuk Police Court presided by Mr F. W. T. Norrin landholders were fined for not destroying rabbits on their properties. Inspector S. P. Bgowo led the case. T. W. Dickerson paid £4 plus costs, Ana Hill £2 plus costs, Horatio Oliver £4 plus costs, and Alex Ford £1 for driving a motor car without lights.
The Horsham Town Band performed at May Park on a cool Tuesday night drawing a modest crowd. New selections featured alongside favorites The Cossack and Appreciation, all of which were enjoyed by those in attendance.
The Horsham theatre presents The Sporting Widow tonight and Saturday with Alison Skipworth as a crafty Countess of adventure. Richard Bennett plays the trusting husband as Cracked Nuts and Horse Feathers headline the program with the Marx Brothers in college capers. A matinee at 2 15 p m Saturday offers a sixth day of light entertainment.
Mrs L Kennedy, part of a globe trotting pair pursuing a £5000 wager, was injured near Warracknabeal when a rifle cartridge exploded as she removed a live round after shooting a rabbit. She was treated at Warracknabeal Hospital, bullet removed, no serious harm expected, and plans paused for several days. The tour was interrupted after Christmas in Horsham.
The Horsham Australian Natives Association branch honored J. F. F. Mitchell of McLachlan Street with a £20 endowment cheque for attaining 65. The meeting agenda included new members, sick-pay notes, and planning for A.N.A Day surial events. Also discussed was blackleg outbreaks in the Western district and vaccine access via Warrnambool to ease restrictions.
Victoria will receive 442421 pounds from the Federal wheat grant with an estimated 22000 participants. Growers sowed about 3 400 000 acres last season and will receive roughly two thirds of a pound per acre for wheat sown and harvested for grain. Areas sown to wheat but cut for buy or self sown crops are ineligible. shares for share farmers depend on their producing shares.
Widespread interest surrounds a January series of cheap trips from country stations to Melbourne between the 23rd and 28th. Each country station is allotted a specified train on a nominated date with tickets at about half fare and return validity for one month. Details are advertised today.
A grass fire started in Mr A Vivian’s back yard in Kaniva. It spread to Mr A Mills’s property, gutting a shed and destroying 350 feet of rope, trade tools, windmill parts, and a car engine. Volunteers and Lieut Collina’s brigade battled the blaze, saving the yard but not the shed and its contents. Mr Mills suffered heavy losses from the blaze and insurance coverage was minimal.
A fire broke out in Mr J Keenan’s crop paddock on a Monday at 7. Neighbors quickly contained the blaze saving most plants. Three acres of stubble and half an acre of tamling crop were lost along with some wheat, started among bags left in the paddock. Adjacent crop owned by Mr J BR Berry was insured.
Payment of a pension of £1 a week to Mr. Lewis Lavater from the Commonwealth Literary Fund has been authorised. Lavater, Melbourne musician and poet, is a prolific composer and former president of the Musical Society of Victoria. He has contributed much chamber music and served as newspaper critic and examiner. Born 1867 in St Kilda, he was educated at St Kilda Grammar School Wesley College and Melbourne University.
Swan Hill correspondent Nawred reports alleged breaches of game laws in the Grampians. On boxing day a hunting party saw a young woman remove a native animal from a native hut near Hall's Gap. A car at Jimmy's Creek displayed an automatic shotgun. The writer urges game inspectors and responsible citizens to prosecute offenders to protect native fauna.
An observer at Winnipeg reports support for a world wheat conference to secure better prices for producers. Attendees included premiers from Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba and Dominion grain growers. If invited, Australia Argentina and the Americas may join to regulate production and curb global wheat floods, lifting prices.
The Rev. C. A. Weibusch a Lutheran minister of Gawler South Australia aged fn Years was drowned on Wednesday despite efforts by Rev. A A Webber and three boys to rescue him. Webber was dragged under by Weibusch until exhausted and had to abandon the attempt. The boys swam out after hearing Webber's cries but found Weibusch dead. He was bathing seven yards from shore when a breaker swept him 70 yards offshore.
While carting crop for his brother in Woolsthorpe, Mr. Jack Fitzgerald felt a snake in his trouser leg and grabbed it. He freed the three foot copperhead, pulling it from his trousers with quick, calm action. The event occurred on James Fitzgerald’s Hawkesdale farm.
Tobacco growers near Derwent Tasmania faced a heavy setback as blue mould attacked the crop. Practically the entire area was destroyed with few fields spared, leaving growers weighing the extent of losses and recovery prospects.
The Closer Settlement Board clarifies that stubble may be burned between noon and 6 pm in May, with one day’s notice to neighbors and four men to control fire or a 10 foot ploughed strip around the holding. Penalties up to £10 apply plus possible damages for fire spread. Burning then reduces rabbit-clearing work on farms.
Ballarat yards opened for cattle and sheep with 154 cattle and around 100 bullocks on offer. Prices showed improvement mid sale with firmer values and several lots reaching higher than the prior close. Prime bullocks and sheep sold at varying rates, while quality ranged from good to fair with some light and medium weights and noted demand by buyers.
Severe drought grips central Queensland with heavy stock losses and dwindling surface water. rainfall has been unreliable with 12 inches in one district and lower elsewhere. Pastoralists let sheep endure the harsh conditions as temperatures rise well above normal.
An experimental bulk loading of wheat began Monday on the Anglo Saxon at Geelong Cun ningham Pier. Woolen grilles on hatch covers allow grain to be poured directly into holds, promising faster loading with similar stevedore numbers. The ship will lift about 8400 tons, marking the first bulk grain cargo from the port.
The Wheat Grower Relief Act measures were approved by the State Executive and will be gazetted soon. Claimants for Victoria wheat sown in the year to December 1 must supply farm details to the land settlement inspector, witnessed by an authorized official, with penalties for false information. If shared farming is involved, the shareholding details must be provided.
Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and companions completed the flight from Sydney to New Zealand in 14 hours and 10 minutes aboard the Southern Cross. They landed safely at New Plymouth and received a warm welcome. Smith credited his crew for strong teamwork and minimal trouble.
An early morning quake shook Sydney and inland areas including Goul and Yous with sharp jolts. Severe beats of the ground caused damage and alarm, though no casualties are reported in available text.
Melbourne police report a break in at the Mulgrave Shire Hall on Thursday. Thieves blew open the safe and carried off 22 pounds and a revolver. No injuries reported.
Mrs Jacqueline Bicks, 38, of Gore Tree Fitzroy, was found at her home this morning with a bullet wound in the head and died later in hospital. Tenants in the block heard a revolver shot and found her on the landing. police questioned a man at Russell Street headquarters.
Bush fire danger eased by cooler weather and light rain in places but Tallarook remains at risk as blazes flare again between Barmedman and Wralong in New South Wales. More than 2500 acres swept with crops and timber consumed.
Cannock and Williams who escaped from the Sale gaol were recaptured between Yarram and Alberton by a constable today. The incident occurred on Thursday as authorities tracked the pair after their weekend breakout.
Mr Justice McArthur refused bail to Patrick Sheedy of the North Grast Hotel Ballarat on charges of murdering Winifred Naomi Brooks and shooting Henry Loyd with intent to murder.
The Assistant Treasurer Mr Spooner said expenditure exceeded revenue in the first half of the financial year by £1,897,387. Revenue totaled £24,675,419 while outlay reached £27,291,641. Lottery surplus was £6,200 and hospital payments were £390,000. Unemployment relief tax raised £9,044,800 for the half year ended December 31, up from £2,550,002 in the prior half of 1931.
At Sydney the federation's conference agreed to raise the school leaving age to sixteen and to extend compulsory schooling by correspondence to outlying districts across Australia.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.